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dcomartinon Goodbye MongoDB, Hello PostgreSQL

Agree. I'll rephrase to "similar" problem.

dcomartinon Goodbye MongoDB, Hello PostgreSQL

Beware of "The Problem Of Schemaless" can occur with a relational DB when you start defining columns as nullable. You end up with the same problem.

dcomartinon Ask HN: Why do the majority of JS developers prefer spaces over tabs?

"Explicit is better than implicit"

I think making the implicit explicit is also a belief of most logical devs outside of the Python community.

dcomartinon PHP or ASP.net: Did I Do The Right Thing?

I read the whole blog post disagreeing with almost everything right up until the end when I read:

"This is the one shining negative here: .NET stunted my knowledge of HTML/CSS/Javascript."

This is the whole point of the blog post. And this is in fact true. But terminology that is not pointed out is that ASP.NET WEBFORMS are what "stunted" your knowledge. WebForms made developers oblivious of how the web actually works. .NET, C#, or VB.NET isn't the problem.

Also, living in a Microsoft world can be insulating, but only if you aren't looking for a better way. "Alt.NET" was really a belief in outside the box thinking.

dcomartinon How to Become a Better Developer

Focus on Principles, Patterns, and Practices. Ask yourself "why" regarding everything. Understand the problems and solution a technology/pattern/framework/library solves rather than blindly using said solution.